Tim Blake Nelson

Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, hHe is a graduate of Brown University and the Julliard Theater Center. Tim Blake Nelson has appeared in over thirty films including Warm Springs, Meet the Fockers, Holes, The Good Girl, Wonderland, Minority Report and O Brother Where Art Thou?. Nelson has recently been seen in the films Syriana, The Big White, Come Early Morning and Fido. Nelson’s The Grey Zone, which he wrote and directed, starred Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Mira Sorvino, David Arquette, Allan Corduner and Natasha Lyonne. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival and opened in October 2002. The Grey Zone is a dramatic story of the Sonderkommandos, special squads of Jews who processed corpses in the crematoria at Birkenau. Shot in Bulgaria, The Grey Zone is based on his Award winning play. The National Board of Review (2002) honored The Grey Zone with a “Special Recognition of Films that Reflect the Freedom of Expression.” Nelson also directed O, a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, starring Martin Sheen, Julia Stiles, Josh Hartnett and Mekhi Phifer. O premiered at the 2001 Seattle Film Festival, where Nelson was awarded Best Director.